More lists

In the Times this week, a list of books not to read before you die. Which inevitably overlap with those you should.

Briefly summarised:

1. Pride and Prejudice
2. The Iliad
3. War and Peace
4. The Beauty Myth
5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
6. The Dice Man
7. A la Recherche du Temps Perdu
8. For Whom the Bell Tolls
9. Lord of the Rings
10. Ulysses

I have started, or made reasonable progress with, six of them, and have ruled none of them out (though I don't like the sound of The Dice Man).

Enough of lists, I think, and the endless judgement of what should be.